Students work to reduce ocean trash, one spork at a time

McNeil Canyon Elementary students Hannah Stonorov and Jenna Lapp work on their spork dragon mascot (student Alex LeBlanc shown in background). (Photo: Joanna Greene)A new educational program is working to stop marine debris before it starts. Students from schools across the Kenai Peninsula have partnered with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies to cut down on their consumption of single-use plastics.
Even on the most remote beaches in Alaska, trash is a problem.
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